5 Brewster Preschool Receives Grant Preescolar de Brewster Recibió una Beca T he Brewster Preschool received a grant from the Brewster Teacher s Association to purchase tablets for students within the program that need additional support in the area of language/communication. The preschool program was able to purchase 4 kid Fire tablets. There was also money for purchasing communication apps so that students could use the tablets to aid in their speaking. The tablets will be used within the Preschool and can be checked out for the summer by the families to use with their child. In the fall the students will take their tablets to kindergarten with them. The purchase of the tablets has made a huge impact in the lives of our students giving them a way to communicate with peers and staff. In addition, learning apps have been added to help students maintain their learning over the summer. The Preschool wishes to thank the Brewster Teacher s Association for this fantastic opportunity to purchase materials for individual students!!! E l Preescolar de Brewster recibió una beca por parte de la Asociación de Maestros de Brewster para comprar tabletas para estudiantes dentro del programa que necesitan apoyo adicional en el área del len- BIG Thanks! W guaje/comunicación. El programa preescolar pudo comprar 4 tabletas para pequeños. También había dinero para la compra de aplicaciones de comunicación permitiendo a los estudiantes usar las tabletas para ayudarles en su lenguaje. Las tabletas se utilizarán en el preescolar y podrán ser prestadas a los estudiantes durante las vacaciones de verano para que los padres las usen con sus estudiantes. En el otoño los estudiantes podrán usar sus tabletas ya estando en el Kínder. Un Gran Agradecimiento! e would like to send a BIG thanks to Confluence Health for their wonderful donation to the Kindergarten classes. So far we have used some of the donated money for the Kindergarten graduation, CD players for the classroom and motivational prizes. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and support. N os gustaría enviar un gran agradecimiento a Confluence de Salud por su generosa donación para las clases de Kínder. Hasta ahora hemos utilizado parte del dinero donado para las graduaciones del Kínder, también se hicieron unas compras de reproductores de CD para los salones y para los premios de motivación. Gracias de nuevo por su amabilidad y apoyo. L a compra de estas tabletas han hecho un gran impacto en las vidas de nuestros estudiantes dándoles una forma de comunicarse con sus compañeros y el personal. Además, se han agregado aplicaciones de aprendizaje para ayudar a los estudiantes a mantener su aprendizaje durante el verano. El Preescolar desea agradecer a la Asociación de Maestros de Brewster por esta fantástica oportunidad de poder comprar materiales para los estudiantes individualmente!!! 5

6 6 Friends of Rachel s Club El Club de los Amigos de Rachel T his year a new club was startenfatizar cómo los estudiantes de ed at Brewster High School, la Preparatoria pueden hacer una Friends of Rachel, to emphasize diferencia en su escuela y comunihow high school students can make dad a través de actos de bondad. a difference in their school and Los Amigos de Rachel es un club community through acts of kindnacional que se inició después de la ness. Friends of Rachel is a national tragedia de la Escuela Preparatoria club that was started after the en Columbine como una manera Columbine High School tragedy as a para que los estudiantes puedan way for students to combat bullycombatir el acoso y ayudar a que su ing and help to make their school a escuela sea un lugar de aceptación safer, more accepting place to be. más seguro para todos. Cheyanne Cheyanne Sandoval is the presisandoval es el presidente y fundadent and founder of this club and dor de este club y en todo el año ha throughout the year they have had tenido hasta 15 miembros. Una de up to 15 members. One of the aclas actividades que patrocinaron fue tivities they sponsored was a chain una competencia de cadena entre link competition between classes, las clases, donde los estudiantes where students wrote down acts escribieron actos de bondad que of kindness that they witnessed presenciaron en el hogar, la escuela Sitting: Lupita Vargas, Abby Urias, Cheyanne Sandoval at home, school or in the como en la comunidad. Finalmente, Julietta Carrillo, Victoria Stam, Elizavet el objetivo de la competencia era munity. Eventually the goal of that Standing: Mariscal, Lupe Rosales competition is create a chain that crear una cadena que se extendiera will stretch halfway to Bridgeport High School, since their hasta la mitad del camino hacia la Escuela Preparatoria de Friends of Rachel Club is doing the same activity. They also Bridgeport, ya que el Club de Los Amigos de Rachel está baked over 100 cupcakes to raise money for events next haciendo la misma actividad allá. También fueron capaces year. de cocinar más de 100 pastelitos para recaudar dinero para los eventos del próximo año. ste año un nuevo club se inició en la Escuela Pre- E paratoria de Brewster, Los Amigos de Rachel, para Pen-Pal Correspondence F ourth grade continuing a penpal correspondence began in 3rd grade with the help of Bruce Morrison from Methow Valley Arts. Students are on the second cycle of letter exchange with students in La Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico. They are writing about themselves in English and Spanish and developing some detailed drawing skills to further communicate with these students. E l Cuarto grado continua su correspondencia de amigos que comenzó en el tercer grado con la ayuda de Bruce Morrison de las Artes del Valle de Methow. Los Correspondencia Pen-pal estudiantes están en el segundo ciclo de intercambio de cartas con los estudiantes en La Manzanilla, Jalisco, México. Ellos están escribiendo sobre sí mismos en Inglés y Español y desarrollando algunas habilidades de dibujo detalladas para comunicarse más con estos estudiantes.

7 The Highly Capable Program The Brewster School District is focused on successfully preparing all of our students for their future. The Highly Capable Program at Brewster School District is designed to meet the academic needs of the students in grades K-12 who are in the top 5% and demonstrate exceptional intellectual, creative, and academic skills. There is an opportunity for students to be nominated for this program by a parent, teacher, or community member. These nominations will be passed onto the Multidisciplinary Selection Committee for further review and looked at along with data from other resources. The district will offer appropriate instructional programs to meet the needs of the exceptionally gifted and talented students in our district. The objectives for our Highly Capable Programs students include: Expanding academic achievements and skills Encouraging intellectual curiosity, responsibility, and independence Developing creativity and originality Developing positive attitudes towards self-success The Brewster School District wants each and every one of our students to reach their full potential. Through this program, we plan to provide rich and accelerated opportunities to our students with an emphasis on higher level thinking and problem solving. District staff will prepare our students for future contributions they can make to society and encourage life-long learning. The Elementary School will be open from 8:00 3:00 Monday Friday. If you would like to fill out a nomination for a student, please come in and do so. El Distrito Escolar de Brewster se centra en preparar con éxito a todos nuestros estudiantes para su futuro. Visit to the Fish Hatchery On May 22nd the Kindergarten classes had the opportunity to visit the Chief Joseph Hatchery. They viewed the fish ladder, a video on the process of catching and releasing the salmon, took a tour of the facility and they feed the Parr (camouflaged fry). A BIG thank you to those who made this trip possible. El 22 de Mayo las clases de kínder tuvieron la oportunidad de visitar el criadero de peces de la presa Chief Joseph. Fueron capases de ver el ciclo de vida de los peces en dibujo, también vieron un video sobre el proceso de captura y la liberación de los salmones, dieron un recorrido por El Programa de Alta Capacidad El Programa de Alta Capacidad del Distrito Escolar de Brewster está diseñado para satisfacer las necesidades académicas de los estudiantes en los grados K-12 que están en la parte superior del 5% y que demuestran intelectual excepcional, creatividad y habilidades académicas. Hay una oportunidad para que los estudiantes sean nominados para este programa por un padre de familia, maestro o miembro de la comunidad. Estas nominaciones serán entregadas a la Comisión de Selección Multidisciplinaria para su posterior revisión junto con diversos datos disponibles. El distrito ofrecerá programas de instrucción apropiados para satisfacer las necesidades de los alumnos excepcionales y talentosos dentro de nuestro Distrito Escolar. Los objetivos para nuestros estudiantes del Programa de Alta Capacidad incluyen: La expansión de los logros académicos y habilidades Estimular la curiosidad intelectual, la responsabilidad y la independencia Desarrollar la creatividad y la originalidad El desarrollo de actitudes positivas hacia el auto-éxito El Distrito Escolar de Brewster desea que todos y cada uno de nuestros estudiantes alcance su máximo potencial. A través de este programa, tenemos la intención de ofrecer oportunidades ricas y aceleradas a nuestros estudiantes con un énfasis en el pensamiento de alto nivel y la resolución de problemas. El personal del Distrito preparar a nuestros estudiantes para las futuras contribuciones que pueden ofrecer a la sociedad y estimular el aprendizaje de por vida. La Escuela Primaria estará abierta de 8:00am- 3:00pm Lunes - Viernes. Si desea llenar una nominación para un estudiante, por favor pase y llene su nominación. Visita al Criadero de Peces las instalaciones y además tuvieron la oportunidad de alimentar el Parr (peces pequeños). MUCHAS gracias a los que hicieron posible este viaje. 7

8 8 Newsletters printed by the Brewster Business Department. Brewster School District P.O. Box 97 Brewster, WA Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Brewster, WA PERMIT #22 BREWSTER PATRON LOCAL BREWSTER, WA Find us. Like us. Brewster School District No. 111a complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district s Title IX RCW 28A.640 Officer and/or Section 504 ADA Coordinator. Visit our website: Check the Calendar for Current Events! 95% Graduation Rate 5% Entering a Military Branch Find this issue online at brewsterbears.org in the Quick Links Section June 2015 Newsletter.pdf 93% Attending Post-Secondary Education $195,000 in Scholarships Received photo by Jennifer Tollefson

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